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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1997
M Alain Plestan, Marignier, FR;
Johnson Worldwide Associates, Inc., Sturtevant, WI (US);
Abstract
A fishing reel including a reel body having a spool support shaft with an outer circumferential surface and a spool having a hollow spool hub with an inner circumferential surface for extending about the shaft adjacent the outer circumferential surface. A recess is formed along the circumferential surface of a first one of the support shaft and the spool hub. An axial passage is further formed in the circumferential surface of the first one of the support shaft and the spool hub. The axial passage communicates with the recess. A lug radially projects from the circumferential surface of a second one of the support shaft and the spool hub. In one preferred embodiment, the recess is helical. In one preferred embodiment, the spool additionally includes a line clip for releasably capturing fishing line adjacent the spool.